Mixed raster content

Mixed raster content (MRC) is a method for compressing images that contain both binary-compressible text and continuous-tone components, using image segmentation methods to improve the level of compression and the quality of the rendered image.[1] By separating the image into components with different compressibility characteristics, the most efficient and accurate compression algorithm for each component can be applied.

MRC-compressed images are typically packaged into a hybrid file format such as PDF. This allows for multiple images, and the instructions to properly render and reassemble them, to be stored within a single file.

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References

  1. de Queiroz, Ricardo; Buckley, Robert; Xu, Ming (28 December 1998). Mixed Raster Content (MRC) Model for Compound Image Compression (PDF). Visual Communications and Image Processing '99. ISBN 9780819431240. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
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